She then departed to Norfolk, Virginia on 4 June 1945 and then joined the presidential escot to Antwerp, Belgium in July 1945 to the Potsdam Conference.
Category: Ships - Cruisers Ships - Cruisers: Also known as: Used from: 1937–1982: Used by: Manufacturer: Various: Model: Light cruiser Brooklyn-class: Hot kits . Half-sisters: The St Louis class cruisers The St. Louis class were a seperate class for most authors, since the range of their modifications set them apart of the seven-ship Brooklyn class. She emerged in april 1945, and later became the flasghip of TF 74 at U.S. The United States did not favor this outcome, being of the opinion that the heavier-gunned ships more suited its Pacific needs. She was back in action in the mediterranean from algiers and was involved in support missions at the battle of gela in sicily. she was renamed ARA nueve de julio. USS Boise (CL-47) US Navy Brooklyn Class Cruiser RPPC. She covered the assault on Green Island (13 February) but retired later to took part in the Mariannas campaign.USS Honolulu took an active part in the the conquest of Honolulu was sent off Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, on 12 October 1944, prepared for the invasion of Leyte. She was later based in Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides to intervene against Japanese convoys bound to Guadalcanal. This mode was developed from the 6-in/53 Mark 8 already in use on the Omaha-class cruiser. In time, 5-in/38 guns were installed on the latter ships rather than the initial 5-in/25 guns.
She also greatly helped in close support an infantry attack on Wadi Sebou and combined her planes attacks and gunfire to clear off Rabat Road. The P38 Lightning missed both the bomber and the bomb and Savannah took a severe hit: The bomb pierced the turret roof of Savannah’s No. For 30 minutes fierce fighting between safety crews and fire led to nothing. Her midships area was set ablaze and she had 133 killed and 190 wounded. Vintage Postcard - Standard Size. Scheme H revered to three triple turrets forward and two aft while the deck dipped down the stern, perhaps influenced by Japanese design. Except for The fleet retook the islands and Nashville provided close support.The cruiser later joined the Fiji Islands on 24 December, and became the flagship of the fleet at Espiritu Santo (New Hebrides, TF67). She was back at Fremantle on 5 March 1942.Phoenix joined the Close Covering Group and covered the beached on 20 October 1944, especially for the 19th Infantry Regiment.
on 24 June at Philadelpia NyD. The five turrets arrangement as shown above was axial, with three forward turret, the first two ij superfiring positions and the third one in reverse (pointing towards the bridge) as on the The three guns however were mounted on a single mount, therefore they cannon elevate independantly.
USS Phoenix was present in Pearl Harbor during the attack. Se was the first American cruiser to attack the axis in Italy. She made afterwards several back and fort mission to Le Havre, re-embarking troops demobilized after the German capitulation and from the occupation Forces.Decommissioned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 3 February 1947 and stricken she was later sold to Brazil on 9 January 1951 after the Mutual Defense Assistance Program and served with the Brazilian Navy as C-11 Barroso until 1974.After a shakedown cruise to Cuba and Haiti in June 1938, and new trials off Rockland, Maine, USS Savannah made her first transatlantic cruise to Portsmouth on 4 October at the time of the Munich crisis. Thanks to an semi-fixed additional charge, refined shape and slightly longer barrel, it had twice the penetration power of the Mark 8. They were considered light cruisers, and namely replacement for the 1920s Yet, only ten years separated the last of the Omaha cruiser (1925) and laying down the keel of the first ship, USS Brooklyn (CL-40).